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Distribution by County   7922    
Taraxacum officinale  F. H. Wigg.
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale is a perennial herb that is not native to California.
Record Count by County

Alameda: 52 Lake: 7 Plumas: 44 Siskiyou: 24
Alpine: 9 Lassen: 63 Riverside: 31 Solano: 10
Amador: 1 Los Angeles: 130 Sacramento: 27 Sonoma: 39
Butte: 29 Madera: 8 San Benito: 5 Stanislaus: 13
Calaveras: 7 Marin: 66 San Bernardino: 113 Sutter: 1
Colusa: 1 Mariposa: 210 San Diego: 52 Tehama: 23
Contra Costa: 29 Mendocino: 28 San Francisco: 66 Trinity: 21
Del Norte: 7 Merced: 4 San Joaquin: 6 Tulare: 106
El Dorado: 45 Modoc: 62 San Luis Obispo: 34 Tuolumne: 388
Fresno: 51 Mono: 97 San Mateo: 71 Ventura: 16
Glenn: 2 Monterey: 32 Santa Barbara: 37 Yolo: 14
Humboldt: 57 Napa: 19 Santa Clara: 51 Yuba: 8
Imperial: 1 Nevada: 44 Santa Cruz: 26
Inyo: 37 Orange: 56 Shasta: 14
Kern: 28 Placer: 46 Sierra: 33

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 12/04/2025).